Shaded sketch commission for gryphonpaws over at FA of her dragon character (whom gave me artistic liberties to play with C8)

I'm not sure where the time went today. When I had this image rough sketched I started plans on the second sketch of the day and somewhere in there I fell asleep for an hour after I took my dinner break... I guess my lack of sleep is finally catching up to me.

Wow, this dragon looks so much like the way I imagine my iwn to be, excpet for the color / mane/ number of horns...The way you draw is absolutely amazing.Do you mind if I heavily reference my own drawings on this one ? I wouldn't want to be accused of art stealing.

Bamboos are pretty awesome but I'm not very familiar with the new Capture. I personally use a Wacom intuos3 but you can get the same experience with a normal bamboo tablet. C: The program/product doesn't make the artist after all!

Sketches tend to have flaws and far less attention in terms of detail and anatomy where as with line arts I will pay utmost attention to details and try to perfect them the best way I can. :> It's basically going from 'tight' to 'even tighter'.

I love how the blue complements the orange and yellows of the eyes and mane :3. If you think away the scales the design is quite simplistic, I like that. I do love how your scales always flow so nicely along the forms of the body, it makes sense and therefor it looks very natural.

I don't think I could ever do this in just one day! D8 Such beautiful lines and love contrast between them warm and cool colours. I hope can I come up with poses as well as you can someday. And your anatomy always looks so spot on. I really must catch one of your streams so I can watch the magic in action.